Make a DIY E-ink Faceplate For Valve’s Steam Machine
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/04/make-a-diy-e-ink-faceplate-for-valves-steam-machine/

Valve has always designed hacker-friendly hardware, and in that spirit, [NaKyle Wright] released Inkterface, a design for an E-ink faceplate to fit the recently released Steam Machine. As far as …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/04/make-a-diy-e-ink-faceplate-for-valves-steam-machine/)

Homelab Gets Linksys Themed Aesthetic
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/05/homelab-gets-linksys-themed-aesthetic/

If you’re building a homelab rig, you could just use off-the-shelf hardware in standard cases and slap it all in a rack like the normies do. Or, you could follow …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/05/homelab-gets-linksys-themed-aesthetic/)

Old Midi Instruments Don’t Like Modern Midi. What’s To Be Done?
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/05/old-midi-instruments-dont-like-modern-midi-whats-to-be-done/

In theory, MIDI is an electrical and protocol standard that allows any such equipped instrument or computer to talk to any other. But as the wonderfully named [Knob Monster] will …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/05/old-midi-instruments-dont-like-modern-midi-whats-to-be-done/)

2026 Frikkin Lasers Challenge: A 3D-Printed Raman Spectrometer
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/05/2026-frikkin-lasers-challenge-a-3d-printed-raman-spectrometer/

When light reflects off a surface, not all of it reflects off at the same wavelength; some photons impart a portion of their energy to raising the vibrational energy of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/05/2026-frikkin-lasers-challenge-a-3d-printed-raman-spectrometer/)

Demonstrating LFP Battery Safety in Case of BMS Failure
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/05/demonstrating-lfp-battery-safety-in-case-of-bms-failure/

Generally, LiFePO4 (LFP) batteries are quite safe and stable, but it’s still possible for something to go wrong, even something catastrophic, like the battery management system (BMS) developing a direct …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/05/demonstrating-lfp-battery-safety-in-case-of-bms-failure/)

Seeing Bacteria, Nanoprisms, and More with an Atomic Force Microscope
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/05/seeing-bacteria-nanoprisms-and-more-with-an-atomic-force-microscope/

Unlike almost every other kind of microscope, atomic-force microscopes (AFMs) don’t use any kind of optical beam to image their subjects. Instead, they physically detect the subject’s surface with a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/05/seeing-bacteria-nanoprisms-and-more-with-an-atomic-force-microscope/)

Hackaday Links: July 5, 2026
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/05/hackaday-links-july-5-2026/

Happy belated July 4th to all the readers from the United States — hopefully you aren’t reading this from a hospital bed after losing a hand or burning off your …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/05/hackaday-links-july-5-2026/)